This is the correct answer to all moral questions.https://twitter.com/KevinSimler/status/733069662511063042 …
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Replying to @Chris_Said
@KevinSimler how do you assign values to the consequences themselves though? How does the recursion end?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @venusatuluri @KevinSimler
Some discount function for the future plus a lot of hand waving :)
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Oh actually I misunderstood, i think you'd have to estimate utility functions ...
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...with some combination of guessing and maybe measuring people's revealed preferences.
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Replying to @Chris_Said @KevinSimler
I guess I'm confused by how one would take into account higher-order effects. Not sure where the recursion ends.
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What you described about utility functions etc. applies to the world directly resulting from an action, afaict.
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Replying to @venusatuluri @Chris_Said
Right, there's no end to the recursion =/. But utility functions apply to states of the world, not actions, so...
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you can find the expected utility from higher-order effects (insofar as you can find their effects on the world)
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